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N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

[Susan is writing in a letter.]
Susan: I do wish you were here with us. It's been such an adventure, but nothing like our times in Narnia. America is very exciting... except we never see Father. He works so very hard. I was invited–
[Edmund and Lucy in sitting on a bed in a room reading the letter.]
Lucy: "–to the British Consul's tea party this week by a naval officer–"
Susan: –who happens to be very handsome.
Lucy: "I think he fancies me." Hmm. "It seems the Germans have made the crossing difficult right now." Times are hard. "Mother hopes you both won't mind another few months in Cambridge."
[As Lucy reads the letter, Edmund gets up and goes over to a painting of a ship on an ocean on the wall. He stares at it.]
Lucy: Another few months?
[Edmund walks back to the bed and sits next to Lucy.]
Lucy: How will we survive?
Edmund: [Takes the letter from Lucy] You're lucky, at least you've got your own room. I'm stuck with mullet mouth.
Lucy: [Gets up] Susan and Peter are the lucky ones. [Goes over to a mirror] Off on adventures.
Edmund: Yeah, they're the eldest and we're the youngest. We don't matter as much.
[As Edmund lies on the bed reading the letter, Lucy stares at her reflection in the mirror.]
Lucy: [Tucks her hair behind her ear] Do you think I look anything like Susan?
Edmund: [Puts the letter down and gets up] Lucy, have you seen this ship before? [Goes over to the painting]
Lucy: Yes. It's very Narnian-looking, isn't it? [Goes over to the painting]
Edmund: Yeah. Well, just another reminder that we're here and not there.
[While Edmund and Lucy stare at the painting, Eustace walks into the room.]
Eustace: There once were two orphans who wasted their time believing in Narnian nursery rhymes.
Edmund: [Starts to march towards Eustace] Please let me hit him!
Lucy: [Stops Edmund] No!
Edmund: Don't you ever knock?
Eustace: It's my house. I'll do as I please. You're just guests.
[While Edmund and Lucy turn back to the painting, Eustace walks over to the bed and sits down.]
Eustace: What's so fascinating about that picture anyway? It's hideous.
Edmund: You won't see it from the other side of the door.
Lucy: Edmund, it looks like the water's actually moving.
Eustace: What rubbish! See? That's what happens when you read all those fanciful novels and fairy tales of yours.
Edmund: There once was a boy called Eustace who read books full of facts that were useless. [Lucy smiles]
Eustace: People who read fairy tales are always the sort who become a hideous burden to people like me– [Edmund turns to him] –who read books with real information.
Edmund: "Hideous burden"? [Eustace gets up] I haven't seen you lift a finger since we've been here.
[As Lucy continues staring at the painting, Eustace tries to run out of the room, but Edmund slams the door.]
Edmund: I have a mind to tell your father it was you who stole Aunt Alberta's sweets.
Eustace: Liar!
Edmund: Oh, really?
[While Edmund and Eustace are arguing, Lucy notices seawater starting to pour into the room and the ship starting to sail towards her.]
Lucy: Edmund, the painting.
Edmund: I found them under your bed, and you know what? I licked every one of them.
Eustace: Ugh! I'm infected with you!
[The wind blows the seawater at Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace.]
Eustace: [Notices the seawater pouring into the room and the ship saling towards him, Edmund, and Lucy] What's going on here?
Edmund: Lucy, do you think–?
Eustace: It's some kind of trick! Stop it or I'll tell mother! [Goes over to the door] Mother! Mother! I'll just smash the rotten thing! [Runs over to the painting and tears it off the wall]
[As Edmund and Lucy try to stop Eustace from tearing the painting off the wall, the seawater starts splashing the three of them.]